![[OC] China Will Have the World's Highest Median Age by 2100 According to Current Estimates](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5dcw8koeohbf1-1536x1536.png "[OC] China Will Have the World’s Highest Median Age by 2100 According to Current Estimates")
Data source: Median Age – Our World in Data
Tools used: Matplotlib
China does have an abnormal demographic profile because of the one-child policy. They don’t have one of the oldest populations today because most people born during the years of rapid growth are still relatively young at 40-50 years.
Interestingly, China’s peak median age is almost 10 years higher than that of Japan. That’s because we expect people to live longer. But in Japan, fewer older people actually get to experience that benefit. Eventually, death rates outpace birth rates, which stalls further increases in the median age.
FYI: I got some tips on using different colors for the lines based on continent, but I haven't been able to do that in good way yet. There are almost 200 lines and adding different colors looks like a mess at the moment. Perhaps there's a good way to do that.
Full article: https://datacanvas.substack.com/p/median-age-and-aging-nations
Posted by oscarleo0
8 Comments
Who is the other highest that china eclipses right at the end?
A median age of 60.7…
Fully automated luxury communism really is the only solution.
Why was is so low in the 50s?
Soooo a culture where you kill baby girls might have a bad outlook in the future. They also had a 1 child only policy. Communism sucks.
The 2020 census showed a male-to-female ratio of 105.07 to 100
Edit: FYI Tencent media is controlled by the CCP. They are a major owner of Reddit.
tiananmen square….never forget
Edit: someone wanted facts….don’t let facts ruin a naritive?
https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/tencent-backed-reddit-surges-48-in-new-york-debut
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_infanticide_in_China
what has happened to east asian societies in the last few decades that they all seem to have such a grim population outlook? I understand that modernization and urbanization are reducing fertility across the board, but why do these countries seem to be so much worse off?
for the most part they all had robust population growth during the 20th century. I know the one child policy played a huge role with china, but that’s long gone and fertility is still on a downward trajectory. and what about japan and korea?
More interesting is that it looks like it’ll be top 5 in just 20 years
Extrapolating data 75 years into the future is … brave.
Just think how much has changed since 1950, for comparison…
By 2100? They said it was going to rain today and I haven’t seen a fucking cloud. You’ll understand if I simply don’t believe you.